Publications

Pieces of the 3D puzzle: identification of genes underlying rice canopy architecture.
Burgess AJ✉, Majda M.
Plant Physiol. 2023 Jan 2;191(1):1-2.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac474

Previous papers:

How Cell Geometry and Cellular Patterning Influence Tissue Stiffness.
Majda M‘✉, Trozzi N’, Mosca G, Smith RS✉.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 May 18;23(10):5651.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105651

A future in 3D: Analyzing morphology in all dimensions.
Burgess AJ’✉, Majda M‘✉.
Plant Physiol. 2022 Jun 27;189(3):1175-1176.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac190

Read more:
– Plant Physiology First Author Profile on Plantae

Using positional information to provide context for biological image analysis with MorphoGraphX 2.0.
Strauss S, Runions A, Lane B, Eschweiler D, Bajpai N, Trozzi N, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Yoshida S, Rodrigues da Silveira S, Vijayan A, Tofanelli R, Majda M, Echevin E, Le Gloanec C, Bertrand-Rakusova H, Adibi M, Schneitz K, Bassel GW, Kierzkowski D, Stegmaier J, Tsiantis M, Smith RS✉.
Elife. 2022 May 5;11:e72601.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72601

Engineering lignin: getting more from woody biomass.
Majda M✉.
Plant Physiol. 2022 Feb 4;188(2):926-927.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab559

Cell biology of the leaf epidermis: fate specification, morphogenesis, and coordination.
Zuch DT’, Doyle SM’, Majda M, Smith RS, Robert S✉, Torii KU✉.
Plant Cell. 2022 Jan 20;34(1):209-227.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab250

CELLULOSE SYNTHASE-LIKE D1 mediates root hair development in Lotus japonicus.
Majda M✉.
Plant Physiol. 2021 Aug 3;186(4):1765-1766.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab258

Elongation of wood fibers combines features of diffuse and tip growth.
Majda M✉, Kozlova L, Banasiak A, Derba-Maceluch M, Iashchishyn IA, Morozova-Roche LA, Smith RS, Gorshkova T, Mellerowicz EJ✉.
New Phytol. 2021 Oct;232(2):673-691.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17468

Branching out: new insights into sucrose-induced branching.
Majda M✉.
Plant Physiol. 2021 Apr 23;185(4):1479-1480.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab041

Atomic Force Microscopy to study cell wall mechanics in plants.
Majda M✉.
Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2200:349-369.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0880-7_17

HEARTBREAK controls post-translational modification of INDEHISCENT to regulate fruit morphology in capsella.
Dong Y, Majda M, Šimura J, Horvath R, Srivastava AK, Łangowski Ł, Eldridge T, Stacey N, Slotte T, Sadanandom A, Ljung K, Smith RS, Østergaard L✉.
Curr Biol. 2020 Oct 5;30(19):3880-3888.e5.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.055

Read more:
– Research gets to the heart of organ shape in nature – press release at the John Innes Centre.

Fluctuating auxin response gradients determine pavement cell-shape acquisition.
Grones P, Majda M, Doyle SM, Van Damme D, Robert S✉.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jul 7;117(27):16027-16034.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007400117

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– Plant Science Research Weekly on Plantae.

Arabidopsis XTH4 and XTH9 contribute to wood cell expansion and secondary wall formation.
Kushwah S’, Banasiak A’, Nishikubo N, Derba-Maceluch M, Majda M, Endo S, Kumar V, Gomez L, Gorzsas A, McQueen-Mason S, Braam J, Sundberg B, Mellerowicz EJ✉.
Plant Physiol. 2020 Apr;182(4):1946-1965.
https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.01529

Read more:
– Cell wall remodeling during wood development – News and Views in Plant Physiology.

A role for the auxin precursor anthranilic acid in root gravitropism via regulation of PIN-FORMED protein polarity and relocalisation in Arabidopsis.
Doyle SM’, Rigal A’, Grones P”, Karady M”, Barange DK, Majda M, Pařízková B, Karampelias M, Zwiewka M, Pěnčík A, Almqvist F, Ljung K, Novák O, Robert S✉.
New Phytol. 2019 Aug;223(3):1420-1432.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15877

Mechanical asymmetry of the cell wall predicts changes in pavement cell geometry.
Majda M, Krupinski P, Jönsson H, Hamant O, Robert S✉.
Dev Cell. 2019 Jul 1;50(1):9-10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2019.06.002

Visualization of plant cell wall epitopes using immunogold labeling for electron microscopy.
Majda M✉.
Bio Protoc. 2019 Apr 5;9(7):e3205.
https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3205.

Cellular Force Microscopy to measure mechanical forces in plant cells.
Majda M, Sapala A, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Smith RS✉.
Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1992:215-230.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9469-4_14

The role of auxin in cell wall expansion.
Majda M, Robert S✉.
Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Mar 22;19(4):951.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19040951

Read more:
– Plant Science Research Weekly on Plantae.

Mechanochemical polarization of contiguous cell walls shapes plant pavement cells.
Majda M, Grones P, Sintorn IM, Vain T, Milani P, Krupinski P, Zagórska-Marek B, Viotti C, Jönsson H, Mellerowicz EJ, Hamant O, Robert S✉.
Dev Cell. 2017 Nov 6;43(3):290-304.e4.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.017

Read more:
– Adding a Piece to the Leaf Epidermal Cell Shape Puzzle – preview in Dev Cell.
– The growth of puzzle piece-shaped leaf cells gets an explanation – press release at UPSC and SLU.
– Plant Science Research Weekly on Plantae.
– Recommended on F1000 by Clara Sanchez-Rodriguez.

Mitochondrial uncouplers inhibit clathrin-mediated endocytosis largely through cytoplasmic acidification.
Dejonghe W, Kuenen S, Mylle E, Vasileva M, Keech O, Viotti C, Swerts J, Fendrych M, Ortiz-Morea FA, Mishev K, Delang S, Scholl S, Zarza X, Heilmann M, Kourelis J, Kasprowicz J, Nguyen le SL, Drozdzecki A, Van Houtte I, Szatmári AM, Majda M, Baisa G, Bednarek SY, Robert S, Audenaert D, Testerink C, Munnik T, Van Damme D, Heilmann I, Schumacher K, Winne J, Friml J, Verstreken P, Russinova E✉.
Nat Commun. 2016 Jun 8;7:11710.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11710